Age-related macular degeneration : a comprehensive textbook / editors, D. Virgil Alfaro [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alfaro, D. Virgil, III, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Retinal degeneration--Age factors.

Retinal degeneration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A renowned group of retina surgeons presents promising new developments in age-related macular degeneration, with emphasis on the most significant advances in the past five years. Content addresses all aspects of management, including anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology; imaging of the macula in age-related macular degeneration; prevention measures and treatment; treatment; and future directions. Abundantly illustrated and superbly organized, this book serves as an excellent reference and textbook.

Contents:

Normal anatomy of the macula / J. Fernando Arévalo, Carlos F. Fernández, Arístides J. Mendoza

Animal disease models / Melanie Lyn Hom and Ron Afshari Adelman

Etiology of late-age related macular disease / Richard Spaide

Histopathology of age-related macular degeneration / Ana Pesce, Fernando de Santiago, and W. Richard Green

Classification of age-related macular degeneration / Warren Thompsom

Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy / Christina M. Klais ... [et al.]

Retinal angiomatous proliferation / Christina M. Klais ... [et al.]

Differential diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration / Mohan Iyer and William F. Mieler

Fluorescein angiography / J. Michael Jumper ... [et al.]

Indocyanine green angiography / Lindsay M. Smithen ... [et al.]

The use of optical coherence tomography in the diagnosis and assessment of AMD / Robin Singh ... [et al.]

Optical coherence tomography opthalmoscope / Richard Rosen ... [et al.]

New imaging modalities / Dirk-Uwe Bartsch, Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, and William R. Freeman

Antioxidants, free radicals, and the retina / Siobhan E. Moriarty-Craige and Paul Sternberg, Jr.

Laser photocoagulation of eyes with soft drusen / Marta S. Figueroa and Thomas R. Friberg

Choroidal neovascularization and the macular photocoagulation study / James M. Weisz, and Stephen R. O'Connell

Photodynamic therapy for choroidal neovascularization and age-related macular degeneration / Lluís Arias Barquet ... [et al.]

Transpupillary thermotherapy for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization associated with age-related macular degeneration / Peter Liggett ... [et al.]

Choroidal feeder vessel photocoagulation therapy / Bert Glaser and T. Mark Johnson

Pneumatic displacement of submacular hemorrhage / Alejandro J. Lavaque, Nauman Alam Chaundry, and Peter E. Liggett

Submacular surgery and the submacular surgery trials / Nancy M. Holekamp and Matthew A. Thomas

Limited macular translocation / Motohiro Kamei and Yasuo Tano

Macugen (pegaptanib sodium injection) / Eugene Ng ... [et al.]

Lucentis (Ranibizumab injection) / D. Virgil Alfaro, III ... [et al.]

Intravitreal triamcinolone for choroidal neovascularization / D. Virgil Alfaro, III ... [et al.]

Introduction to gene therapy and related techniques for retinal disorders and age-related macular degeneration / Alejandro J. Lavaque ... [et al.]

Human retinal transplantation/ Suzanne Binder

Artificial vision, visual prostheses, and retinal implants / Richard M. Awdeh ... [et al.]

Neuroprotection in macular degeneration / Joyce Tombran-Tink and Colin Barnstable

Pigment epithelium endoscopic laser surgery : PEELS / Franz H.J. Koch and Hugo Quiroz-Mercado.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4698-7492-X

OCLC:

880447707